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And I will layוְנָתַתִּיthe corpsesפִּגְרֵיof the sonsבְּנֵיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלbeforeלִפְנֵיtheir idols,גִּלּוּלֵיהֶםand I will scatterוְזֵרִיתִיyour bonesעַצְמוֹתֵיכֶםaroundסְבִיבוֹתyour altars.מִזְבְּחוֹתֵיכֶם
Ezekiel 6:5
Study it in the app“And I will lay the corpses of the sons of Israel before their idols, and I will scatter your bones around your altars.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 6:5, word by word
- And I will layנָתַתִּיnatati
put
To place something somewhere.
Where else “natati” appears- the corpsesפִּגְרֵיpigre
carcass, corpse
Dead body, carcass, of a person or an animal.
Where else “pigre” appears- of the sonsבְּנֵיbene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appears- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- beforeפְנֵיfene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appears- their idolsגִּלּוּלֵיgilule
idols
Idols; a scornful word that calls them logs or worthless things.
Where else “gilule” appears- and I will scatterזֵרִיתִיzeriti
scatter
To strew people or things about.
Where else “zeriti” appears- your bonesעַצְמוֹתֵיatsmote
bone
Each hard piece of the skeleton; also the body itself, of the dead or the living.
Where else “atsmote” appears- aroundסְבִיבוֹתsevivot
around
In a circle or on every side of something: the camp, the city, the altar.
Where else “sevivot” appears- your altarsמִזְבְּחוֹתֵיmizbchote
altar
Altar: a structure of stone or earth on which sacrifices are offered to God.
Where else “mizbchote” appears
The context
4And your altars will be desolate, and your incense altars will be broken, and I will cast down your slain before your idols.
5 · This verse (above)
6In all your dwelling places the cities will be laid waste, and the high places will be desolate, so that your altars will be laid waste and be guilty, and your idols will be broken and cease, and your incense altars will be cut down, and your works wiped out.